Softbank Hawks 's fifth-round draft pick, infielder Takayoshi Takahashi (JR East), was removed from the active roster on the 18th.

On May 31st, he was promoted to the first team due to a special exemption for Megumi Yamamoto who had suffered a concussion, and on the same day, he made his professional debut and first starting line-up as the "number 8 batter and first baseman" in the game against Hiroshima (at Mizuho PayPay Dome). On the 5th, in the game against DeNA (in Yokohama), he came in as a pinch hitter with two outs in the 9th inning and hit a solo home run to left-center field, marking his first professional hit first professional Home Run.